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Most antibiotics, drugs that are vital for human health to fight bacterial disease, are not being used in humans. Instead, they’re being sold to animal producers. More than 70% of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are for food production animals, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. …

The Congregation of Benedictine Sisters, a McDonald’s Corp shareholder group from Boerne, Texas, is renewing its call for the restaurant chain to stop purchasing meat from animals raised with antibiotics. The shareholder resolution comes as many health experts express concern over excessive antibiotics in commercial meat contributing to the rising …